Inspiration for these objects came from my 3D stitching. They develop organically, I have little control over the final form…which is what I love about them, they are a complete surprise when they are finished! Then I look at it upside down and it’s a whole other surprise as they [...]
Coral Cornucopia Inspired by ceramic artists and wood carvers to create sculpted shapes without seams or darts, I set my self the challenge to create a curved silhouette vessel sculpted from stitched thread, no seams or darts. The other challenge with this piece was to add lots of colour. Coral Cornucopia is made entirely [...]
Brexit started out as a personal experiment to see how much control I actually have when I’m stitching a sculpture with the sewing machine. The challenge I set myself with this sculpture when experimenting and with this form it was to see how tall I could make a narrow form [...]
22" tall light made entirely from stitched thread, no fabric, seams or darts
Thread Sculpture lamp communicating with text, braille and Morse code that sounds and flashes.
I was focusing on how we are changing communication, using abbreviations of phrases and shortening words for text’s and social media…often it seems ‘there are no words’ anymore… While thinking about the piece and how it could be embroidered, I was seeing snippets of news on social media about the USA President separating children from [...]
